Mount for harmonica reed or the like

Abstract

A reed for a harmonica or the like has a free end portion that is adapted to vibrate and give a predetermined tone and a T-shaped mounting end portion substantially the same width as the free end portion and having a pair of laterally projecting tabs. A reed support plate is formed with a pair of transversely spaced and longitudinally extending edge portions that form with a pair of longitudinally spaced and transversely extending web portions a window having a width generally equal to the reed width. A groove is formed at one of the edge portions and opens at the substantially planar face of the mounting plate. This groove extends transversely from the window and has a groove width substantially equal to the reed width, while a substantially planar base surface of the groove is inclined away from the window to the face. A rivet integrally formed with the plate extends through a correspondingly dimensioned hole in the mounting portion of the reed so that the mounting portion of the reed can be positioned in the groove and the rivet can be upset to hold the entire reed tightly in place with the free end portion in registration over the window.

I claim: 
     
       1. A reedboard for a reed type musical instrument, comprising: an elongated flat reed having a free end portion and a mounting end portion both of generally the same reed width;   a reed support plate formed with a pair of transversely spaced and longtitudinally extending edge portions,   a pair of longitudinally spaced and transversely extending web portions forming with said edge portions a window of a window width generally equal to said reed width, said window being adapted to receive reed-vibrating air flow therethrough,   a substantially planar face defining a reed receiving surface of said support plate, and   a groove formed at one of said edge portions, opening at said face, extending transversely from said window, having a groove width substantially equal to said reed width, and having a substantially planar base surface inclined away from said window to said face; and means for securing said mounting portion in said groove on said surface thereof with said free end portion in registration over said window and spaced remote from said mounting end portion above said face.     
     
     
       2. The combination defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting portion is provided with a tab extending longitudinally of said plate and said plate is formed with a recess snugly receiving said tab. 
     
     
       3. The combination defined in claim 2 wherein the distance measured transversely of said plate between said tab and said window is at least equal to the width of said tab measured transversely of said plate. 
     
     
       4. The combination defined in claim 3 wherein said reed is symmetrical about a centerline ending transversely of said plate and has two such tabs, said plate being formed with two such recesses each receiving a respective tab. 
     
     
       5. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said means is a rivet formed integrally with said plate and extending generally perpendicularly of said face from said surface of said groove through said mounting portion. 
     
     
       6. The combination defined in claim 5 wherein said rivet is substantially cylindrical and has a predetermined rivet diameter, said mounting portion being formed with a substantially cylindrical throughgoing hole receiving said rivet and of a predetermined hole diameter at most equal to said rivet diameter. 
     
     
       7. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said mounting plate is formed with a plurality of parallel such windows and notches, said combination further comprising a respective reed for each of said windows, said recesses being continuous and extending longitudinally the full length of said plate and receiving all of said tabs. 
     
     
       8. The combination defined in claim 7 wherein said plate has a pair of generally parallel longitudinal edges, said recess having a substantially planar recess base surface substantially coplanar with said base surface of said groove and extending all the way transversely of said plate from said mounting portion to the respective longitudinal edge. 
     
     
       9. The combination defined in claim 7 wherein said recess is a groove of regular section extending longitudinally past all of said windows. 
     
     
       10. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said free end portion of said reed tapers away from said mounting portion and has a minimum width at its end remote from said mounting portion that is less than said window width and less than its width close to said mounting portion. 
     
     
       11. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said recess is substantially rectangular and substantially exactly shaped to receive said tabs and the portion of said mounting portion between said tabs. 
     
     
       12. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said recess has a base surface coplanar with said base surface of said groove. 
     
     
       13. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said window is rectangular. 
     
     
       14. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said reed is completely recessed below said face at its end remote from said free end portion. 
     
     
       15. The combination defined in claim 4 wherein said mounting portion is T-shaped.